Docs on compiling .deb packages locally with yarn package cmd?

[ghost]

I made local change and want to install a development code-server release in /usr/local/bin/code-server.

Building .deb seems the fastest way to do this but yarn package gives this error:

/tmp/code-server# yarn package
yarn run v1.22.5
$ ./ci/build/build-packages.sh
done (release-packages/code-server-3.9.0-linux-amd64)
./ci/build/build-packages.sh: line 43: envsubst: command not found
error Command failed with exit code 127.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.

1. Is there docs on building packages or installing to /usr/local/bin/code-server locally from source?
2. Is code-server/out/node/entry.js the same as the compiled /usr/local/bin/code-server?

[oxy]

I'm not entirely sure what the problem is - but generally speaking I wouldn't recommend installing experimental versions of code-server to the whole system for testing: I would suggested either using yarn watch or waiting for the compile to finish successfully and then running node out/node/entry.js if yarn watch is using too much memory.

[RobertCNelson]

@bachmannn envsubst comes from the gettext-base package:

https://github.com/cdr/code-server/blob/v3.9.0/ci/images/debian10/Dockerfile#L23-L24

You'll also need the go scripts here:

https://github.com/cdr/code-server/blob/v3.9.0/ci/images/debian10/Dockerfile#L43-L46

Regards,